Hillary Belzer is the founder and curator of The Makeup Museum, a virtual museum she established in 2008. Dedicated to the preservation, research and exhibition of cosmetics from antiquity through the 21st century, The Makeup Museum is a progressive, unique space that explores makeup design and packaging, culture and history from all eras. With a Bachelor’s degree in art history and a Master’s degree in cultural studies, as well as professional experience in several major cultural institutions including the Walters Art Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Hillary ensures The Makeup Museum is a leader in conceptualizing new ways of thinking about makeup and its cultural and artistic significance and helps to solidify makeup’s rightful place in museums and academia. Above all, she strives for for the Museum to be an agent of change within the cosmetics industry and beyond through analyzing both makeup history and contemporary beauty culture. Specialties include the overlap of fine art and makeup, ‘90s/Y2k cosmetics, and little-known makeup histories.
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